Rules & New Terms

Encounter Cards with Actions

An “Action:” on an encounter card in play can be triggered
by any player, following normal restrictions on triggering
™
abilities.

Last Player
Some cards refer to the “last player.” The last player is
considered to be the player sitting directly to the right of
Component Overview the first player. If there is only one player playing, then that
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game - Khazad-dûm player is considered to be both the first and last player.
expansion includes the following components:
• This rules insert Immune to Ranged Damage
• 165 cards, consisting of: Great Cave-troll has the text, “Immune to ranged damage.”
“Immune to ranged damage” means that characters
• 2 Hero Cards participating in an attack via the ranged keyword are not
• 33 Player Cards able to deal damage to that enemy. (If a ranged character
participates in an attack against Great Cave-troll through
• 116 Encounter Cards another means than the ranged keyword, then it is able to
• 14 Quest Cards damage it and will count its Û.)

Note that the Misty Mountains

encounter set is not used by
any of the scenarios in the
Khazad-dûm expansion, but
will be used in the upcoming
Dwarrowdelf cycle of
Adventure Packs.
 Scenario Overview
There are 3 unique scenarios included in the Khazad-
dûm expansion. Each is introduced, along with a list of
encounter sets for that scenario’s encounter deck, below.
Into the Pit
Difficulty Level = 5
The heroes enter the mines of Moria at the behest of the
White Council, carrying an important message to Balin.
Balin recently led a group of Dwarves back into Moria to
establish a colony in the ancient halls of his ancestors. He
has not been heard from in some time.
“Into the Pit” is played with an encounter deck built with
all the cards from the following encounter sets: Into the
Pit, Twists and Turns, Hazards of the Pit, and Goblins of
the Deep. These sets are indicated by the following icons:
Setup
When setting up “Into the Pit,” players are instructed to
remove First Hall and Bridge of Khazad-dûm from the
encounter deck, and set them aside, out of play. These
cards are placed away from the playing area and do not
interact with the game until East-gate is explored, which
will add First Hall to the staging area. Exploring First Hall
will then add Bridge of Khazad-dûm to the staging area.
Cave Torch
This scenario uses the Cave Torch objective card. The first
player selects any hero to attach it to, and that hero will
bear the Cave Torch for the rest of the game. If Cave Torch
would leave play, either through a card effect or due to the
hero it is attached to leaving play itself, then it is removed
from the game. When a card is removed from the game, it
should be set aside and ignored for the rest of the game. Do
not place any “removed from game” cards in the discard
pile, as effects that bring cards back from the discard pile
no longer interact with these cards.
Immune to Card Effects
The location East-gate has the text, “Immune to card
effects.” This means that East-gate cannot be selected as
the target of any card effect, and it ignores the effect of any
card that would directly interact with it. The only way to
place progress tokens on it is by questing, and once East-
gate is the active location it remains the active location
until it is fully explored (even cards like Dreadful Gap or
Strider’s Path would not be able to move it to the staging
area).
Revealing Enemies
Enemies that are dealt as shadow cards are not considered
to be revealed from the encounter deck, and do not trigger
the forced response on side 2B of the quest card The Fate
of Balin.
The Seventh Level
Difficulty Level = 3
Based on information from a dying Goblin, the heroes
have made their way to the Seventh Level of Moria, still
searching for any signs of Balin’s colony. The Seventh
Level holds the Chamber of Records, and it is there that the
Goblin said they would find Balin. An ancient tome also
seems to hold clues as to the where-abouts of the colony.
“The Seventh Level” is played with an encounter deck
built with all the cards from the following encounter sets:
The Seventh Level, Plundering Goblins, and Goblins of the
Deep. These sets are indicated by the following icons:
Book of Mazarbul
This scenario uses the Book of Mazarbul objective card. If
Book of Mazarbul is detached from a hero, either through a
card effect or due to the hero it is attached to leaving play,
then it returns to the staging area, and can be claimed by
any player who triggers its action. A hero can also exhaust
to claim Book of Mazarbul even if it is attached to another
hero. If Book of Mazarbul is removed from the game, it
should be set aside and ignored for the rest of the game.
Flight from Moria
Difficulty Level = 7
Balin’s colony ended in death and darkness. After paying
their respects at his tomb, the heroes fought their way out of
the Goblin infested Seventh Level and made their way down
toward the gate. But exiting Moria will not be easy, for a
shadowy form masses at the end of the hall, and fear and
terror go before it. The heroes must escape Moria before it
is too late.
“Flight from Moria” is played with an encounter deck
built with all the cards from the following encounter sets:
Flight from Moria, Hazards of the Pit, Deeps of Moria,
and Plundering Goblins. These sets are indicated by the
following icons:
Creating the Quest Deck
This scenario uses multiple stage 2 quest cards. When setup
instructs players to “Prepare the quest deck,” players must
shuffle all stage 2 quest cards together randomly, with side
2A face-up, and place them beneath stage 1. These shuffled
stage 2 quest cards are considered to be the “quest deck”.
Players will progress through stage 2 quest cards until they
have won the game; there is no stage 3. Quest cards are not
flipped to side B immediately when revealed. Rather, the
current quest card is revealed only at the beginning of the
staging step of the quest phase. The only exception to this
are card effects that reveal and flip a new quest card, such as
on Hasty Council.
Bypassing a Quest Card
Players are given the option to bypass some of the quest
cards at the end of the combat phase. Bypassing the current
quest removes all progress tokens on it, and moves it to
the bottom of the quest deck with side 2B face down.
Bypassing a quest is optional, and players may choose to
stay on each quest card instead of bypassing it.
When a quest is completed, players will either add it to
their victory display or win the game.
The Nameless Fear
The Nameless Fear is an enemy that cannot engage or be
engaged by players. The Nameless Fear is also immune
to card effects, which means that it cannot be selected as
the target of any card effect, and ignores the effect of any
card that would directly interact with it. The value “X” as
its $, Û and Ú is a constant variable that is immediately
recalculated whenever victory points are added or removed
from the players’ victory display.
Expansion Symbol
The cards in the Khazad-dûm expansion can be identified
by this symbol before their collector
number.
Cover Art by Tomasz Jedruszek
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